Whoever composed these was obviously very talented, very knowledgeable when it comes to music theory. It's not often you here 11th chords on the ST! :D some of these remind me of arcade games of a certain era. Great upload, Stefan, thanks for sharing.
Strange really that a cheapish cart was never common place to give the ST an upgraded soundchip that could be taken advantage of by games etc. The background beat in TITBITS (9:03) sounds exactly like the.. I think DISCO preset rhythm on the Yamaha PSS-170
The YM2423 is a variant of the YM2413 that has a different bank of preset tones in it, according to Wikipedia. The MS bit might be a licensee internal number (Sharp perhaps?).
Seeing the Chip Number, Its was Made by Sharp (Not Exactly), But Yamaha Made the Chip Itself, It was Called the FM Operator Type-LL-X (OPLL-X) Which is Labeled as MS1823 (YM2423B-X) Or MS1824 (YM2423-Y). Edit: But Its not Different from the Lowpower OPLL, Isnt it?
Did this have a cable end that plugs into MIDI OUT to play back music from any MIDI sequencer? It really would have been awesome to have an FM synth to play MIDI music in games instead of the ST soundchip...
Why would you do that when the thing is already plugged in to the cartridge port? The idea was that games would address it directly, but I don't know if any did. The Music Maker software, however, DOES let you play a MIDI stream into the computer through the built-in ports, and output it through the cartridge. (Annoyingly enough, I don't think it has any option to use the cartridge chip and the ST's own YM2413 together; that could be a pretty powerful combination, on the evidence of various Japanese machines that featured things like the OPNA which did essentially the same thing in a single chip)
I wonder why it runs in low rez when it hardly uses any colours other than those typically used in medium rez, and basically none that couldn't have just been dithered...
Any idea of any similar software for the ST? I remember having one which looked a bit like this but it wasn't this. I also remember one of the demo songs in that was Canon in D Major.
Whoever composed these was obviously very talented, very knowledgeable when it comes to music theory. It's not often you here 11th chords on the ST! :D some of these remind me of arcade games of a certain era. Great upload, Stefan, thanks for sharing.
+The Joy of Sticks If you check 0:42 in the video so is the name of the person behind the music mentioned :)
@DwDw Maquero Sorry i don't have the knowledge on how to convert the files to .mid.
Strange really that a cheapish cart was never common place to give the ST an upgraded soundchip that could be taken advantage of by games etc.
The background beat in TITBITS (9:03) sounds exactly like the.. I think DISCO preset rhythm on the Yamaha PSS-170
If I remember correctly this software looks identical to Music Maker which came bundled in the Power Pack, but without the FM cartridge.
I thought I'd seen this interface before!
The YM2423 is a variant of the YM2413 that has a different bank of preset tones in it, according to Wikipedia. The MS bit might be a licensee internal number (Sharp perhaps?).
Maybe
I checked the underrated chip thingy website, yes it is, ms bit is sharp
Hipster! Always loved this one!
Very nice quality. Liking the sounds :-)
I remember playing these on my ST. Great times. Could never make anything good on it myself though ha ha ;)
Seeing the Chip Number, Its was Made by Sharp (Not Exactly), But Yamaha Made the Chip Itself, It was Called the FM Operator Type-LL-X (OPLL-X) Which is Labeled as MS1823 (YM2423B-X) Or MS1824 (YM2423-Y).
Edit: But Its not Different from the Lowpower OPLL, Isnt it?
Atari forever!
Is there a way of getting the actual MUS files and convert them to midi to play on a modern DAW like Logic or Garage Band?
Did this have a cable end that plugs into MIDI OUT to play back music from any MIDI sequencer? It really would have been awesome to have an FM synth to play MIDI music in games instead of the ST soundchip...
Nope... it has no MIDI support.
Why would you do that when the thing is already plugged in to the cartridge port? The idea was that games would address it directly, but I don't know if any did. The Music Maker software, however, DOES let you play a MIDI stream into the computer through the built-in ports, and output it through the cartridge. (Annoyingly enough, I don't think it has any option to use the cartridge chip and the ST's own YM2413 together; that could be a pretty powerful combination, on the evidence of various Japanese machines that featured things like the OPNA which did essentially the same thing in a single chip)
I wonder why it runs in low rez when it hardly uses any colours other than those typically used in medium rez, and basically none that couldn't have just been dithered...
Maybe to make the playback (and UI) as fast as possible..?
Any idea of any similar software for the ST? I remember having one which looked a bit like this but it wasn't this. I also remember one of the demo songs in that was Canon in D Major.
I know a couple... Music Maker, Music Studio and Music Construction Set.
Thanks, I am pretty sure it was Music Studio.